Municipality of San JacintoPhilippine Sustainable Development NetworkUnilever PhilippinesDENR – Community Environment Office

Various stakeholders of Ticao Island, Masbate gathered on 29 April 2008 at the San Jacinto Central School for the Ticao Island Environment Congress. Issues and concerns such as destructive fishing activities, quarrying, coastal mining (sand and gravel), coral degradation, deforestation, poor agricultural practices, solid waste management were discussed to come up with local actions that will focus on the connectivity maintaining healthy island ecosystem and their contributions to improvement of human health (life) and as source of clean water, food and livelihood.

The holding of the event, which was spearheaded by the local government of San Jacinto, have these objectives –

to raise the awareness of the all stakeholders on the state of the environment and natural resources of Ticao Island: importance, functions and benefits, present status and the need for their conservation

to craft an Island-wide vision and agenda for sustainable development of Ticao Island.

to create a critical mass of local advocates that will promote this local vision and agenda